Do you mind if I include this in the SharePoint connector documentation? Thanks, Karl
On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Julien Massiera < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > first of all thank you for your answers. I want to notice you that I found > a solution for my problem and share it with you. > > I have added my user to the User Policy of the SharePoint Web Application > with Full Read Permissions and I was able to crawl any Site of the > SharePoint with the ACLs ! > > I have to thank the GSA documentation in which I found this recommandation > ! > > Also, I didn't test but I think what Konrad proposed is also working : > > use the **Default Content Access Account** configured in the SharePoint > **Search Service Application** (Central Administration > Manage Service > Applications > Search Service Application) > > As this account has the same permissions. > > Regards, > Julien > > > Le 21/12/2017 à 19:00, Karl Wright a écrit : > > Hi Julien, > > I wish one of us was a SharePoint or Microsoft expert, but we're not, and > we get asked this question all the time. All I can say is that it works > when you use a user with full rights, and it doesn't when you don't. > > Karl > > > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Julien Massiera < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I am trying to crawl a SharePoint 2016 using MCF and I have some troubles. >> >> First time I tried to configure the SharePoint repository connector the >> status was 'Crawl user did not authenticate properly", after few >> investigations I found that the user I configured was unable to use SOAP >> action 'GetListCollections' from the SP webservice. Then I added this user >> to the "Style Resource Readers" group (not sure it is the good english name >> of the group) and it resolved the problem. >> Then I again got a 401 error on the GetPermissionCollection SOAP action. >> The ManifoldCF agent for SP 2016 is correctly installed and the web page >> http://myserver:myport/mysite/_vti_bin/MCPermissions.asmx is returning >> what is expected in the documentation. >> >> So my question is : do you know what are the specific rights required for >> my user ? I know that with admin rights on the SP site it works but I would >> like to avoid an admin user to crawl my site. >> >> Thanks for your help ! >> >> Julien Massiera >> >> >> >> --- >> L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le >> logiciel antivirus Avast. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Garanti > sans virus. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_5292312989242179499_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >
